HUGE 1973 Michael Loew Tall Blue, Open Series American Geometric Abstract SIGNED

This listing is for the large original acrylic painting “Tall Blue, Open Series” by Michael Loew (American, 1907-1985). About this work:One of the major proponents of Abstract Expressionism and influenced by the Neo-Plasticism of Mondrian, Michael Loew circulated among the upper echelons of the New York School of Abstract Expressionists. Despite their opposing approaches to abstraction, he became a longtime friend of Willem de Kooning, whom he met completing WPA projects during the 1930s. Writing on the relationship, Rose C. S. Slivka elaborates, “They [de Kooning and Loew] generally agreed on most things, including the recognition that although each was on opposite sides of the coin, it was the same coin.”Drawing inspiration from life, Loew transformed subjects into unique patterns of rectangles or color fields, often naming the final composition according to the dominant colors.This particular acrylic on canvas example features a vibrant deep blue background, which has been dissected